Thermo-electric pyrometer.



W. S. PEAKE.

THERMO-ELEGTBIG PYBOMETER. APPLI ATIQN IILBD NOV. 13, 1909.

1,025,715; Patented May 7,1912.

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' To aZZ whom-z't may concern: ]3e it known that I,'. WILFRID I BnAKn a' subject of the King o f En gland, residing- .in Cambridge, England; have 111-}.

, "thermmelectric pyrometers' in w ich a thermo-couple of some rareor nobltinetals;

such as forinstance, platinum and la'n alloy of- -platinum is connected by base metal "pleads to anj'ln'dicating or recordin instrui The object ofthis'iqventionl's to increhse ment at some id couple itself.

L th'c' aocu'racyof the readings ob aine'd and to render unnecessary"any device-gfor maintain: ingthejunctio'n betwee'nlhe leads and the v thermocouple at a constant temperature; by

causing the readings -to*be independent of theLtempegfltfife of that end of the thermocouple to which the leads are connected.

L T Hitherto it has been customary to] insulate v the 1 wires forming the thermo-couple by porcelaininsul'atorsandto protect them by a porcelain silica, or. metal tube closed atone'end. At the end remote from the closed endytarminals are provided by which connection is made between thc leads and the thermocouple wires. The closed end of the. 'tnbefis intended'to be inserted'in the furnaoe and will be hereinafter referred to as the" h'ot end of the thermo-couple, While the end carrying the terminals must be kept cool and will-'bereferred to herein as the cold. end. The connection between the 4 thernioecouple and the indicating or recordthe same however for '-ing instrument isgenerally made by copper leadsor other base metal, the metal being arrangement 'theftemperature indicated by the inst-rument' i's not the difierence in temthe 'hot end of the thermoof the therino-couple, but the difference in temperature between the cold end and thereforefthefireadings .of the instrument :-"the*readings of the indicating or recording iy"' hate emure of thev a cold end pf the thermo-couple is varied. f Theob ectJO'f this invention is to render ;instrument entirely independent; ofj-changes a le,

yin-the temperature of thefcold e/ndfof the and thus to render unnecesrHEnmo-mmctrmc rYnomntrnm Specification of Letters a Application filled November 13, 1909. Serial Itof 5227,95

Sary the istance' from the theizpnO-r usual in pyrometrflc practice.

both leads. With this eraturebetween itself and the hot end couple, and I Panama ny *2, rea -a;

adoption of means'to maintain the, :5 cold ?e ndat, aconstanttemperature as is sometime done, at present in cases where accuracy is;jimportant.

Iha'sfpreviously bee in'propfosed to con struct a thermq' electric couple in which the 'f nobleman-are employed and wherein, in

order toredu ye the-prime cost of-the couple portions of. t e noble metals are replaced. by conductors Composed of base metals or alleys; Thefibase lnetal conductors are chosen and arranged for their relative therlno electric p'ritperties that their inclm sion in the couple'iwill not affect the then *mal electromotivefforce of the main: couple, that is to say, seco ndary coupleswill he set up at'the junctions of the noble with the base metals which neutralize one another.

Lead wires serve to connect'the base metal conductors to. therecordmg instrument and 1t is essential that?the junctions of the base metal condhctOrsfiwith "the leads should he maintained at a' uniform temperature 1s Accord ng'tothis invention two connect .lng leads are enllployed composed ottwo distiinilar.metaltsior'alloys which act as a cognpensator for the variations of temperatulte at the junctibn. of. the leads with the I thermocouple;

One feature of this invention consistsin tile employment of leadscomposed of dis similar metals or alloys, these metals or lloys being suchtha't their thermo-electre motive force when in direct'contact is equal to that of the thermo-couple for the same temperature difierpnce. This need onljy'apply within the r'a'znge of temperature met with at the couple.

ment ofleads each of which is composed d of the am..- A further featfl mists in file p partly of a metal-'or alloy dissimilar to that of a corresponding'paft-of the other, the

other, portions of both leads being composed of the same metal-or alloy. r

-The leads composed according to this in vention may be called compensator leads since when they are correctly-connected to the cold end of the thermo-couple their eflect is to set 11 at the terminals subsi'diaryv .thermo electricliorcesi which compensate forf'. and eliminate the; efifect ofchanges in the temperature of the thermo-couple. They. may-be said trans- .zferthe eflectof the f cold end, of the thermo-c'ouplefrom the thermocouple itself the-indicating or recording instrument I ivhere the variation of temperature is alfiways comparatively small and by modification in the design of the'instrument, its

readingsmay then-be made to depend solely upon temperature of the hot end of the thermo-couple. In choosing the metals'or jw alloys for the compensator leads it is important to choose them oi? as low resistam e as possible and for this reason copper is preferably employed as one lead and an alloy of copper with a small percentage of 'nickelfo'r the other lead. By slightly varying the percentage of nickelit is possible to adjust the thermo-electric properties of the leads to the desired value in order to correspond with particular platinum, platinum-rhodium,. or platinum-iridimn "thermocouple being used. It is of course understood that many different metals or alloys could-be found to give the necessary thermoelectric jprope'rties, but practically 25, all would be higher in resistance and therefore less satisfactory"commercially than those.menti0ned. Several form'sof connection between the -i- 'thermo-electric pyromctcr and the indicat-.

Seingor recording instrument are illustrated. --idiagrammatically in; the accompanying ifldra wings j 1 Figure 1 illustrates an arrangement in which the'thermo-couple is connected directly to the recording instrument by means i of leads composed of dissimilar materials.

Fig. 2 illustrates a modification in which 'leads'composed ofidissimilarjmaterials C C are taken to a certain point J, and there i onnectedlto the-recording instrument. Fig.

" illustratesa modification of the-arrangement shown in" Fig; '2 in which the connec tions at the vjunction are buried in the earth.

In Fig 1 thethermo-couple A is comosed of two; portions which are, in directube. Oneflportion may be com osed of i v latimim 'and theother portion 0 a plati-v 5Q nuni4rhodium or v platinumdridium alloy. The'couple is connected to the indicating strument by, means of compensator leads connccted tothe'thermo-couple at the 5- term inals B1 'lhe 'wires O and Ct are com- 10 tel alloy respeetively. 1

1 1g s.;2 and ;3-.illustrate an arrangement in -[Whl0l1 the cgmip'ensa tor;leadsC JG are connected. at the terminals '13 to the thermoflq eouple-but which only extend a.-:portioniof v ithe .v rllstitnbe to the indicating instrument. InI*1g. '-2 they are connected at a junction 1; boxJ tottworother'leads E. Both the leads Egare composed of any suitable base metal 11 as copperoriaz suitable alloy.

n'n'ected with leads of similar material' ontact attlie closed end ofthe pyrometer osled' lpzl'eferably,10f. copperand a copper will be affected by variations oi temperature at the junction where the compensator leads (1 are joined to thecopfier leads E. If this junction is outside the zone of radiated or conducted heat from the furnacejn which the thermo-c u1plc isbeing used it will prob ably be at a fairly uniform temperature, so that the readings \vill be suiliciently at. curate for i'nost commercial work. Fig. 3 shows this junction point of the compen sator leads to the copper Leads buried in a tube in the ground in'order to he maintained at a more nearly uniform temperature than would be the case in the open air.

WV hat I claim as my invention and desire to securehy Letters Patent is 1. In a thermoelectric pyrometer comprising a thermo-couple and a current indieating orncasuring device, leads connected mo-couple and the said current indicating' 'or measuring device, said leads being" com.-

posed of materials dissimilar to the mate rials forming the thermo-couple, one of said leads" being composed of -a-base metal and the other otfa low resistance alloy and so ar ranged as-to act as a compensator forthe variations of temperature at their junction with the .thermrcouple; substantially as described.

2. in a thermo-elcctric pyrometer comprising a thcrmo-rouple and 'a current indieating or measuring (,lC'VlCGf'lQildS connected to the thermo eouple and forming a portion atlleast of the connection between the ,therme-eouple and. said current indicating; or measuring device, said leads being com. posed of nia'terials dissimilar to the materials forming the thermo-couplc, one of said leads being composed of copper and the other of-a low resistance alloy and so arranged as to act as a compensator for the gunction variations of temperature at their with. thethermo-couple; substantially as described. i

3. In a thermoelectric pyrometer comprising a the-rnio couple and a current indieating or measuring device, leads conruzctedv other ofan alloy consisting of copper fi'om 99.9% to'95% and nickel from 0.1% to 5%, substantially as described. a i

In a thermo-eleetric pyrometer comprising a thermo-couple 015 rare xor noble metalsand a current indicating or measuring ice ' device, leadsconnected t6 the thermo-couple and forming a, portion at least of the connections between the thermo-couple and said current indicating or measuring device; one of said leads being composed of copper and the other of an alloy consistingof copper from 99.9% to 95%; and nickel from 0.1% to 5%.

.WILFBID s'TEvENsoiI PEAKE.

Witnesses i H. D. JAMESON; F. L. RAND: 

